Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 178
t is near, thefree magnet points north and south under theinfluence of the greatest of all known magnets,the earth. If the earth were not a magnet asuspended magnet would show no preferencefor any particular direction. When a magnetis broken in two one of the broken ends be-comes a north and the… … FIG. 5. supposed that every magnet actually consistsof a great number of very small magnets, withall their north poles pointing the same way, ornearly so. But when the iron is magnetized by rubbingit against a magnet, the little magnets in theiron are all turned by the influence of the largemagnet…
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